Nobel Laureate and “Beloved” Author Toni Morrison Dies at 88

Nobel prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died in New York on August 5. Morrison, a prolific author who explored the Black experience, was 88. Morrison’s death at Montefiore Medical Center was confirmed to The North Star by her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. Morrison reportedly died due to complications of pneumonia. She lived in Grand View-on-Hudson, N…